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Thanks to centuries of government interventionism, Brazil remains mired in a sluggish boom-bust economy, and the government has now squandered the benefits of decades of growth. Fortunately, free-market ideas are growing more popular in Brazil and may someday offer a way out.

Whether its drug prices, crushing debt, or unemployment, government can always come up with someone else to blame. Fortunately though, in spite of the lackluster economy the Fed and the government seem committed to giving us, there's hope for a much better future.

Should colleges offer specially-tailored easy majors for athletes? We shouldn't even have to ask the question since the concept of the "sham major" only exists thanks to the distortions in the higher education market caused by taxpayer-funded institutions.

The media today is reporting that markets are volatile today because new employment data from t

Earlier today, I reported on the latest job num

By separating buyer and seller with reams of regulations, government-controlled health care ensures that near-shortages and actual shortages are a constant danger hanging over the heads of patients and hospitals. The answer, of course, lies in de-regulation.

Mises Daily Wednesday

With four states and the District of Columbia having declared they’re going to legalize recreational cannabis in spite of federal law, some I

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